Lilley’s still pretty inexperienced himself. I wouldn’t be too disappointed if we signed him as his best years are ahead of him. The issues he has are fix-able. For me he needs to take on the defence more and stop the ineffective cross field running when he has ball in hand. He also needs to come up with some better ends to sets. He’s good at kicking into touch but not seem evidence of much else that builds pressure.

Looking back at the post game press conference and also listening to Kear first hand in the Southbank after the game, I'm stunned that he was pleased with what he saw yesterday. We made very hard work of what should have been a simple win against a very ordinary Dewsbury side. I still think we play too negatively for this league and need to allow the players to express themselves more in attack. Doesn't matter what players we have back in the squad after injury, we will still play the



I agree we looked better organised but think some of the criticism on here of Lilley is a bit unfair. The lad looked to be struggling for match fitness yesterday but earlier in the season has looked one of our better more reliable players and I'd be quite happy with him playing rather than a "can't be d" half fit Chisholm who has zero commitment to the club or being a professional for that matter (last seasons jaunt down to London to watch the AJ fight the night before a match, or asking for time off to attend a wedding says everything!!!).

To be fair, I thought he did pretty well. Finished his try strongly, and put Grant in for a try as well. Decent effort for someone who, as you say, practised all week to be playing at loose forward!

Oh definitely I though Minchella did well, but its got to effect the way we attack when you a replace Minchella, who's a ball playing LF, with Hallas who is a grafter.

I agree.



Like I said he and Milnes especially are quite inexperienced but have a lot of improvement in them.



Like you I would like to see us be a bit more expansive. It was typical that the one time we strung some offloads together yesterday we scored (Grant’s 2nd try). We could be doing that a bit more.

Only 3 sides have scored less points than us : Batley, Barrow and Rochdale. On the flip side, only 5 sides have conceded less: Toronto, Toulouse, York and Widnes.

We need to find a way of upping the intensity in attack. Too many players taking a pass whilst standing still and having to catch a pass above their heads. We seem to flick a switch for the Minchella try and moved the ball quickly along the line to create the space to score.

Think if we offloaded a bit more we'd create more space. Usually you can count the offloads on the fingers on one hand. They even take the players by surprise when it happens.

I think we'll be higher in the "attack" league once we've played Barrow and Rochdale



Agree about offloads. Crossley in particular has a real good offload game. Need to see more of it.

Lilley is a good player. We've had plenty of disruption in the side. A settled pack and 3/4 line will bring the best out in Lilley and Milnes. We're getting there now I think. I reckon going forward they will be our best options of the four half backs we have. It's going to have left and right sided kick options as well.